AMSA launches new NavAids tenders
THE AUSTRALIAN Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is seeking providers of navigation aids maintenance services around the nation’s coastline, for the second time in three years. In...
New home port for Holyman
SEVERAL of the industry’s movers and shakers are on the move, so it’s time to update your contact lists! Veteran of Toll, Kalmar, ANL (multiple roles over two stints), Brambles...
Union calls off TasPorts action
MARITIME UNIONS, the MUA and AMOU, have withdrawn their notices of protected industrial action against TasPorts and operations are continuing as normal [Saturday 8 August]....
ONE’s first quarter prompts upward revision
JAPAN-owned, Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) has tripled its full-year profit expectations after seeing a strong turnaround in the first quarter of its financial year....
Call for common pilotage rules
TORRES Pilots director Perry Sutton has moved to clarify a position he put during an industry meeting with the AMSA board and senior executives in Brisbane this week. While it has...
Unions continue Brisbane ferry stoppages
MARITIME unions will continue protected industrial action against the leading operator of Brisbane River ferries after the parties failed to reach agreement during negotiations...
Record year for Lyttelton
LYTTELTON hit the accelerator in the 2025/26 financial year with the port company achieving new records across profit, revenue and dividends for the second year in a row....
Cruise industry boosts onshore presence
CRUISE Lines’ peak body in Australasia has joined forces with farmers, food suppliers, tourism operators, travel agents, ports and other industry leaders to launch the Australian...
Hobart wharf wreckers begin work
THE NEXT step in the creation of a new Hobart base for the Australian Antarctic Division’s research/icebreaker Nuyina is about to be taken with the demolition of the port’s...
bound4blue raises Pacific sail
SPANISH wind propulsion company bound4blue has installed a 22-metre eSAIL on a multi-purpose vessel which has now begun inter-island service in French Polynesia. The installation...
Seas calm as rates settle
FREIGHT rate indices in the Asia-Australia trades hit a flat-spot this week, in news which will be welcomed by shippers but may be making lines nervous on the eve of traditional...
NYK moves to consolidate bulk interests
JAPAN’S NYK Line has moved to bulk up its coal, iron ore and heavy commodity trades by launching a tender for common shares in compatriot NS United Kaiun, in which it already...
Strong first half for ICTSI
THE OWNER of Victoria International Container Terminal, Manila-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc has posted very strong results for the first half of calendar...
Flinders Ports pushes $50m infrastructure button
CONSTRUCTION is underway on Flinders Port Holdings $50 million Outer Harbor Intermodal Precinct, flagged as a major investment in South Australia’s logistics capability and trade...
Poseidon marks Melbourne milestone
THE MOST-RECENT entrant in the ultra-competitive Victorian pilotage market has reached a milestone. Poseidon Sea Pilots, part of the AMS Group, launched in Melbourne in 2022 with...
